Improvement in billiard-tables



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BILLIARD-TABLE. No.187,878. Patented Feb. 27,1877.

N- PEI'ERS, PHOTO'HTNOGRAPHER, WASHINGTONv D C UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

JOHN MARSDEN, OF LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND.

IMPROVEMENT IN BlLLlARD-TABLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. [87,878, dated February27, 1877 application filed December 8, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN MARSDEN, of Liverpool, in the county ofLancaster, in the Kingdom of England, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Apparatus for Playing Billiards, of which the followingis a specification In the accompanying drawings, Sheet 1 shows thegeneral arrangement, and Sheet 2 series of details.

My invention consists, chiefly, in the construction of billiard-tablesin a cheap form, capable of being used out of doors without in ury.

Figures 1 .and 3 are elevations; Fig. 2, a plan of table complete; Fig.4., same, with plate removed; Figs. 5 to 8, sectional views, showing howthe bed, whether of cement or of zinc plates, is fixed.

In these. A is a metallic frame, resting on hollow metallic legs B, inwhich are perforations 0, Figs. 1 and 3, so as to act as a cuerack, andalso to lighten the metal and the appearance D, beams of wood, all ofthe same height, upon which the bed. is placed. The plate or platesforming the bed can be naked or painted, or enameled with a water-proofcomposition. Sometimes, especially with concrete beds, these timbers arereplaced by metal cross-bearers, as in Fig. 4, bolted to the frame andformed in one with it. In this case the tops of all are accuratelyplaned to a uniform level.

E is the bed, resting on the frame-work above mentioned. In Figs. 5 and6 it is shown as if made of zinc, and in Figs. 7 and 8, as of concrete.In making this bed of concrete, I

first accurately plane a cast-iron face-plate. On this are accuratelyplaned edgings inclosing the space to be filled with concrete to form aslab of the right size. All the edgings are of uniform height, usuallyone and threeeighths inch, and the concrete is cast in, and beveled offto, the height of the edgings. When set the slab is turned over, and thelower surface used as the surface of the table.

The concrete can be made with cement, or even asphalt. Any concrete thatsets into a hard, tough, fine-grained, homogeneous mass, will do.

F is the cushion, usually made of a flattened tube. It is fixed to theside of the table by brackets O, as shown. The halls are preferably madeof india-rubber.

It will be seen at once that this table cannot be damaged by exposure tosun and rain, and is therefore eminently adapted for outdoor playing.

I claim as my invention- 1. A billiard-table for out-door use, consistingof the metal frame A, provided with the slats or bars D and concretebed E, and the metal-' lic rail F, adapted for use in connection withrubber or other highly elastic balls, as set forth.

2. The metallic rail F, applied to the frame A, substantially as shownand described.

3. The perforated legs B, arranged as described, whereby they form arack for the cues, as set forth.

JNO. MARSDEN.

Witnesses:

WM. P. THOMPSON, EDWARD G. OOLTON-

